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Big feet: The keen basketball player already has size 12 shoes

Pictured left: Karan stretching out while sat next to his fellow eight-year-olds. Right, he lifts a ball above their heads

Sanjay was reported in The Mirror saying he makes sure Karan follows a 'special diet', takes supplements and enjoys a healthy lifestyle - but there remains a possibility the family have an excess growth hormone.

He added: 'We take Karan to an endocrinologist regularly.

'Until now, the tests have not shown any problems and everything is normal. Karan has a good stamina and has no internal problems.'

Karan's biggest problem has been finding clothes and footwear that fit him - he wears size 12 shoes and was wearing clothes for a 10-year-old when he was three.

No chance: Karan plays basketball with his school chums

Left: Karan's parents Shweatlana and Sanjay, both of whom are giants themselves. Right, Karan's friend tries his hardest to reach his head

But that doesn't stop the basketball-mad primary school pupil from enjoying a normal life.

He said: 'After finishing my homework, I play with my friends and then I go play basketball with my mother.

'She started teaching me since I was five years old and I want to play basketball like my mother. But I also like science a lot.'

He added: 'I like that I am tall and that my mom is tall. I want to be taller than my mom and make my parents proud.'

Pictured: Karan and his mother Shweatlana pose with men at the local market, emphasising their enormous stature

Friendly giant: Karan pats the heads of his fellow pupils in Meerut

Karan has already appeared in the Guinness World Records twice - once for being the biggest newborn and again for being the tallest toddler.

Now the family want to see him feature again, with mum Shweatlana saying: 'He will grow up to be a tiger.'

She added: 'As they say, a tiger's son grows up to become a tiger. Karan is also the son of a tigress.'